'Up the front' to 'it's not a race': how Australia's bungled Covid vaccine rollout unfolded

'Up the front' to 'it's not a race': how Australia's bungled Covid vaccine rollout unfolded

Australia's Covid vaccination program has lacked urgency at every stage, with the government forced to revise its own targets and never seeming to meet its own goals.

Victoria’s latest outbreak has exposed the Morrison government's failure to successfully get the vaccine out to even the most vulnerable in the community.

The outbreak has hit unvaccinated aged care workers, despite federal promises they would be vaccinated by March.

Along with mixed messages about the urgency of getting Australia vaccinated, the Morrison government became mired in a debate about whether Australia’s coronavirus vaccination rollout is or is not a race